Flowering With CFL??

My friend who grows told me that he switched from his 400 watt HPS that was over 4 plants to two 250watt CFL lights over 4 plants and his yeild is still the samer per plant. Can you really flower plants with CFL??

ClexKush said:

My friend who grows told me that he switched from his 400 watt HPS that was over 4 plants to two 250watt CFL lights over 4 plants and his yeild is still the samer per plant. Can you really flower plants with CFL??

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Oh hell yeah u can. I run 6 hoods of t-5's 430 watts per hood.
No as good as a 1000 HPS, but if heat is an issue they the Dogs Bollocks!

sure you can flower with CFL lighting, saves a bunch of money. but CFLs dont have the same penetration as a HID, a 400 watt HPS is really for small grows anyway so its reasonable to assume that by using 2- 250wt CFLs, placing them closer to plants, generating less heat, a similar yeild can be obtained. if your serious about growing i suggest at least a 600wt HPS though.
ps. make sure you buy a CFL with a 2500k spectrum for flowering.

Heat is a problem for me. I'm going to be growing just for my personal use, could you recommend a good CFL set up for flowering 4-6 plants of medium height? I grow with foxfarm soil and nutes to if your wondering haha

Sunblaze 4' x 2' hood with VHO t-5's

i cant remember the specific brand i used last time, i just wandered into the hydro store and picked out a 125wt CFL. I had it in an open room so i had no heat issues, plant leaves were safe inches from the bulb without burn or heat issues. fox farm is a good brand and you should do well with it.
though a single 125wt CFL would probably be sufficient for your grow (if in a growbox where light would be reflected back onto plants) i have always used one CFL per plant and successfully grown plants 3 1/2 ft tall under them.
good luck with your grow

I have the Sunblaze but I don't use VHO just HO. VHO is wasteful, burns out the bulbs quicker and is not cost effective.

Also - check out the thread by the pr0fesseur (LEDS without LEDS...) where he is using aquarium T5 bulbs and getting great canopy penetration.

ClexKush said:

My friend who grows told me that he switched from his 400 watt HPS that was over 4 plants to two 250watt CFL lights over 4 plants and his yeild is still the samer per plant. Can you really flower plants with CFL??

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He's screwing up somewhere and blaming it on the HPS but yes you really can flower with cfls.

frmrboi said:

He's screwing up somewhere and blaming it on the HPS but yes you really can flower with cfls.

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How is he screwing up? He usually yields somewhere around a zip and a half per plant "dry"

novice11 said:

I have the Sunblaze but I don't use VHO just HO. VHO is wasteful, burns out the bulbs quicker and is not cost effective.

Also - check out the thread by the pr0fesseur (LEDS without LEDS...) where he is using aquarium T5 bulbs and getting great canopy penetration.

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Does VHO bulbs really make that big of a difference to the total yield in the end? And could you post a link to the thread? It'd be very helpful xD